Microsoft taking on aggressive new Nitol botnet

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David Anselmi, a Microsoft senior manger of investigations in the Digital Crimes Unit, points out how malware can wind up on consumer computers Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012, in Redmond, Wash. Documents unsealed Thursday by a federal court in Virginia describe a new front in a legal campaign against cybercrime being waged by Microsoft. The company says evidence shows cybercriminals are now looking for opportunities to inject malicious software and code into counterfeit versions of computer operating systems even before the machines are wrapped in plastic and sold to unsuspecting customers. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)